"Laboring on Labor Day"

Monday
DB flat bench press 4x15 then rest of Amp'd warm-up

1. Close grip bench press worked up in triples to 215 then started adding chain and doing singles. 215 plus 1 set (of 5/8-inch chain) x1, 215 + 2 chain x1, 215 +3 chain x1, 215x4 chain x1. Then 235 + 4 chain x1, 245 + 4 chain MISS (came down fast but let it go towards my head on the way up and progress ground to a halt), dropped to 170 + 4 chain x5x2 sets.

2a. BB triceps extensions w/4 chain/side: 45 (bar) x8, 65x5, 85x5, 105x5, 125x5, 135x5
2b. DB rows 75x12, 90x12, 115x12, 125x12

3a. Face pulls 3x10/85, 90, 95
3b. YTWL 1x12 ea.

I think a better way for me to have done the CG bench would have been to work up to my PR then start adding the chains. I have twice now run out of chain before bar weight. (Or maybe buy more chains). Either way, onward and upward.

Stay strong,
Ed T.